Divine illumination : the history and future of Augustine's theory of knowledge /

• Main Author: Schumacher, Lydia
• Corporate Author: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
• Series: Challenges in contemporary theology.
• Subjects: Augustine, > Saint, Bishop of Hippo.; Augustine, > Saint, Bishop of Hippo. > De Trinitate.; Knowledge, Theory of (Religion) > History of doctrines > Early church, ca. 30-600.; Knowledge, Theory of (Religion) > History of doctrines > Middle Ages, 600-1500.; Electronic books.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 250 pages).
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9781444395099; 1444395092; 1283408163; 9781283408165; 0470657421; 9780470657423; 9781444395075; 1444395076
• DOI: 10.1002/9781444395099

In Divine Illumination, Schumacher offers an original approach to Augustine's theory of divine illumination, the precondition of all human knowledge. Written with great originality and clarity, she traces the idea through medieval thinkers, into early modernity, and reveals its importance in modern theories of knowledge. Takes an original approach to reading Augustine's theory of divine illumination and shows how the theory was transformed and reinterpreted in medieval philosophy and theologyPresents a groundbreaking way of thinking about the writings of Augustine, Anselm, Bon.